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OSCER Resources

Currently, OSCER hardware resources are housed in Stephenson Research & Technology Center on the OU Norman campus.

Cluster: Aspen Systems Linux Itanium2
schooner.oscer.ou.edu

Cluster Hardware

Item Description Quantity
Performance GFLOP/s 264 theoretical peak
180 sustained (HPL)
Racks Standard 42U 3
Nodes
Compute 33
Head (interactive logins) 2
Storage (NFS) 2
Management (runs batch manager, LDAP, etc) 1
CPUs
Compute, Head, Management Nodes Itanium2 "Deerfield" 1.0 GHz 1.5 MB L3 cache
Storage Nodes Pentium4 Xeon 2.4 GHz 512 KB L2 cache
2 per node
Motherboard/
Chipset		 Intel/Intel E8870 1 per node
Main Memory DDR RAM PC2100 ECC 4 GB per node
Hard Disk
(SCSI 10,000 RPM
or EIDE 7200 RPM)
Compute OS & local scratch:
1 x 73 GB SCSI each, 2044 GB total
Head OS:
2 x 73 GB SCSI each, RAID1, 292 GB total
Storage OS: 2 x 73 GB SCSI each, RAID1, 292 GB total
global (NSF): 12 x 200 GB EIDE, RAID5, 2200 GB total useable, connected to both storage nodes
Management OS: 2 x 73 GB SCSI each, RAID1
146 GB total
logging: 3 x 200 GB EIDE, RAID5, 400 GB total useable, also connected to storage node 2
GRAND TOTAL
(OS, user, logging) 		5374 GB
Interconnect SilverStorm* 3000** (primary);
Gigabit Ethernet (backup)
* SilverStorm was formerly known as InfiniCon Systems.
** The 3000 switch was formerly known as the Infinio2000. 		all nodes
Programming Model Message Passing  

Cluster Software

Operating System Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4.0 (kernel 2.6.9)
Message Passing MPICH
Compilers Intel: Fortran (77/90), C/C++, version 9.0
GNU: g77, gcc, g++
NAG: Fortran 95 (front end to gcc), version 5.0
Numerical Libraries BLAS, LAPACK, scaLAPACK
Parallel Debugger TotalView
Code Analyzer LintPlus for C, Fortran Lint
Other software purchases to be announced

This resource and its availability are subject to change without notice (although notice will be given if at all possible).

 

 


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